Board of Trustees Meeting
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UUCM’s Board of Trustees meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 1:00pm. All are invited to attend in-person or via Zoom.
Events at: UUCM at Squirrel Creek
Justice Team Meeting
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UUCM’s active Justice Team supports the congregation’s learning and action toward a more compassionate, sustainable and just community and world. The Team oversees, supports, and helps focus UUCM’s justice initiatives, primarily through the work of UUCM’s task forces voted on by the congregation, as well as through Rapid Response opportunities, which are urgent calls for action that arise throughout the year. The Justice Team is a thinking, planning and oversight group keeping an eye on the overall picture, while the on-the-ground work of justice is done through the programs of the task forces themselves. New task forces may arise during the year as need, passion, and support surface. […]
UU History: a chance to get our historical bearings
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U History: a chance to get our historical bearings
Wednesdays, November 4 – December 16 @ 7:00pm
UU History is an engaging 6-session introduction to people and from our history. In this Fiath Forward series, we’ll approach history from the starting point of compelling stories and personalities. We will explore the questions these people faced and make connections with our own lives and the world around us today. The overarching question is: how can history be translated into our religious life and practice? In addition to learning about history, we hope we will learn about ourselves.
While participating in all 6 sessions offers the deepest experience, these are designed also as drop-in opportunities. Join in as many sessions as work for you. (This is a repeat of the series offered in spring of 2025)
Join Rev. Kevin and Renée Fonbuena, Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:15 pm via Zoom, with both onsite and Zoom options for the 3rd and 6th Sessions.
RSVPs help us plan. If you know you are interested, let us know and we’ll share materials ahead of time. Send us a note at FaithForward@uugrassvalley.org
Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Conscience
Bridge the centuries of our history by making connections between the perspectives of Michael Servetus (16th century) and William Ellery Channing and Lydia Maria Child (19th century)
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Love
We’ll explore how George de Benneville contributed to the growth of Universalism in America, consider Bill Sinkford’s call for language of reverence rooted in his own religious experience, and we’ll look for connections between the lives of de Benneville and Sinkford and our own lives.
Nov 18 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Experience
Learn how direct experience is one of our key UU sources of wisdom, explore the historical and current significance of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and the Transcendentalist movement, make connections between the educational innovations of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and our current UU religious education programs and public education system, and reflect on how your experience informs your spiritual life.
Nov 25 THANKSGIVING WEEK BREAK
Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Resilience & Courage
Discover the contributions of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Olympia Brown and Theodore Parker to our history and to social reform movements in the United States, explore the resistance faced by Harper, Brown, and Parker and how they lived with courage and resilience, and look for connections between the struggles of Harper, Brown, and Parker and the service and justice work we are engaged in today.
Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm via Zoom – A Question of Identity
Learn about the complex negotiations that brought together two religious denominations (Unitarianism and Universalism), explore questions of institutional identity and how these have informed UU history, and reflect on how your own religious past and present intersect to shape your identity.
Dec 16 @ 7:00 pm Onsite at UUCM AND via Zoom – A Question of Calling
Consider the present-day growth occurring in Unitarian Universalism, and the role of Lucile Schuck Longview and Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley in galvanizing those changes, understand ourselves as history makers, and reflect on how we are called to respond to the realities of life as people of faith.
Facilities Committee (FPC2)
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Open Meeting: Days/Times Vary
(click here to join via Zoom)
The Facilities Prioritization Committee (FPC2) is charged with how best to use remaining funds pledged to the Capital Campaign. They are looking at foundational needs (well, septic, building siding, and parking), but are also interested in what you’re still imagining… Bring your questions and creativity!
Questions? Contact FPC2@uugrassvalley.org.
Worship Team Meeting
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The Worship Team aims for shared ministry, alongside the minister, in planning and promoting worship services of quality and meaning. With the minister, the committee maintains and coordinates the schedule for all services and arranges for worship services when the minister is absent. […]
Arts & Crafts Drop-In
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On Friday afternoons, drop in to work in community with other UUs on your own art or craft form!
A place to enjoy others’ company while working on independent projects with people who are doing the same. You’re sure to get encouragement and inspiration!
No teacher or facilitator. Informal gathering. All media and abilities welcome!
**This group will meet in the Admin Conference Room in our new building!**
*Note that if no artists or crafters arrive by 1:15, UUCM’s Office Administrator will assume the meeting is canceled for the week and may lock up the building.
Facilities Work Parties: Building & Land Crews
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Building Work Parties and Land & Grounds Work Parties are held jointly on the third Saturday of each month. Our hope is to create more opportunities for handy folk to connect over shared interests — and to welcome anyone who is interested in teaching and learning new skills, all while maintaining our shared home. We will start at 9:00am in the Social Hall, and finishing around 11:00 (if not sooner!).
If you are joining the Land Crew’s party, please bring loppers, clippers, wheelbarrows, your visions and ideas. We’ll bring a gas powered pole saw and wheelbarrow.
If you are joining the Building Crew’s party, you’re welcome to bring your favorite tools, work gloves, knee pads, or anything else that will help you get the jobs done! We have a few basic hand tools available, but all building materials are provided.
Come join in the fun helping to beautify and settle into our Squirrel Creek home!
For questions about the Building, contact Alec at Building@uugrassvalley.org.
For questions about Land & Grounds, talk to Marlene or Cliff or email LandCrew@uugrassvalley.org.
Healing the World that Touches You
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UUism’s focus on life in this world invites us to keep looking for the hidden light in everything and everyone around us, and to seek the thriving of all. Come be inspired by some of our Unitarian and Universalist ancestors who invested passionately in turning the world around for the sake of the shared good. And just maybe, see a few of the often small but meaningful opportunities where the world touches you.
Rev. Kevin Tarsa, with Gail Johnson, Worship Associate and the UUCM Choir
Kids’ Connection
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Kids’ Connection for children and youth is open and we are eager to welcome them!
Children (ages infant+) are invited to join their guardian(s) to participate in our community of all ages for the first portion of our Sunday services in the Sanctuary, including the story time, and then exit with their teachers to have their own special interactive gatherings for the remainder of the service.
Meeting: In-person at UUCM.
To learn more, please visit HERE.
For more information, please contact FamilyMinistry@uugrassvalley.org.
Lay Pastoral Care Team Meeting
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UUCM’s Lay Pastoral Care Team meets regularly for training and to coordinate confidential, ongoing, care for members of our community.
For more information, to request care, or to share word of someone in need of care, please contact LayPastoralCare@uugrassvalley.org.